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Ellesmere & Bobmar

Ellesmere Rd & Bobmar Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Highland Creek · Ward 25, Scarborough-Rouge Park

Ellesmere & Bobmar, in Highland Creek, is a low-volume local intersection. It has a park at the corner. Nearby: 11 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
7,625
vehicles · 14-hour count, May 5, 2026
368 pedestrians · 31 cyclists · #1868 busiest
Collisions
5
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 3 property damage · #4997 of 5,508 · +3 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
4
TTC stops within 100 m
5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 540 vehicles an hour, 47% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 21 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. Police have logged an average of 0.5 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Ellesmere & Bobmar

Getting here

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and what's within a 1.5 km walk

Transit & cycling

GO Transit
GO bus 41 Hamilton / Pickering at University of Toronto Scarborough639 m
TTC bus
95154381286 nearest 55 m
Express
938995905986
Blue Night
395386
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — 3507 Ellesmere Rd; Ellesmere Rd at Calthorpe Ave
Regional
Durham Region Transit 900 Pulse 900N1 Route N1 at Ellesmere Eastbound @ Military Trail626 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
University of Toronto Scarborough 641 m · 16 docks · 1 station, 16 docks within 1 km

Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.

Within walking distance 1.5 km

Schools (7)
  • Rouge Valley Education CentrePrivate · 384 m
  • Morrish Public SchoolEnglish Public · 507 m
  • Highland Creek Public SchoolEnglish Public · 582 m
  • Cardinal Leger Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 624 m
  • Centennial College School - Morningside CampusCollege · 1.1 km
  • Military Trail Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.4 km
  • and 1 more
Community centres
Parks (9)
  • Highland Creek Community Park141 m
  • Canmore Park534 m
  • Morrish Parkette1 km
  • Highland Creek Parkette1 km
  • Bramber Woods Park1 km
  • Tanis Cres Woodlot1.3 km
  • and 3 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Highland Creek branch405 m

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 30 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Bao Mama, 740 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in September 2025.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 30 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 4 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Raani Fast Food · 3600 Ellesmere Rd Unit-10grocery488 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 2 infractions
Raani Fast Food · 3600 Ellesmere Rd, Unit-10grocery488 mPassed, Sep 2025 · 1 infraction
Bao Mama · 1265 Military Trl740 mPassed, Sep 2025
Bento Sushi · 1265 Military Trl740 mPassed, Apr 2025
Chopsticks · 1265 Military Trl740 mPassed, Mar 2025
Culinaria Research Centre · 1265 Military Trl740 mPassed, Oct 2025
Kelly's Frozen Treats · 1265 Military Trl, Flr-3740 mPassed, Apr 2024
Osmow's (Inside Market Place) · 1265 Military Trlgrocery740 mPassed, Apr 2024

Every establishment Toronto Public Health inspects under DineSafe, screened by name to leave out kitchens inside schools, care homes and offices. A conditional pass means infractions had to be fixed by a follow-up visit, not that the premises is closed.

Washrooms & water

No public washroom is listed within a kilometre, but there is a drinking fountain 191 m away at Highland Creek Community Park.

No City washroom within 1 km.

Drinking water
Highland Creek Community Park drinking fountain · 191 m; Canmore Park drinking fountain · 585 m

Park washrooms, washrooms in City buildings and automated street toilets, with hours and status as the City publishes them (park washrooms are seasonal). Malls, shops and TTC stations are not included.

Child care

Four licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 278 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Morrish Jr YMCA (507 m, 69 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km4 centres · 278 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 4
  • Morrish Jr YMCA · 61 Canmore Blvd
    69 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    507 m
  • Cardinal Leger Child Care Centre (Scarborough) · 600 Morrish Rd
    102 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    624 m
  • Nsheemaehn Child Care Centre · 1255 Military Trail
    52 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    746 m
  • Children's Land Learning Centre Inc. · 297 Old Kingston Rd
    55 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    1 km

Licensed centres only; spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 214 (1.4 km), the nearest police station 43 Division (2.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.9 km away.

FireFire Station 214 · 1.4 km745 Meadowvale Rd
Police43 Division · 2 km4331 Lawrence Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 25 · 1.9 km8500 Sheppard Ave E

Nearest station by straight line — not a response time, and not necessarily the station that would answer a call.

Parking

Every mapped lot within 2 km, Green P with peak occupancy, City EV charging and bike parking

All parking lots206 lots · ≈22,020 spaces · 66.1 ha
Within 500 m3 lots · ≈200 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 115 m away, ≈39 spaces; 344 m away, ≈130 spaces; 436 m away, ≈29 spaces; 511 m away, ≈58 spaces; 563 m away, ≈61 spaces; 582 m away, ≈50 spaces.

Lot count and area from the City's topographic mapping of parking-lot footprints (every visible surface lot, public or private); spaces are estimated at one per 30 m² of lot. Lots not run by Green P are private, commercial or institutional and may be for customers or residents only. Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; rates are not shown because that list is stale — check Green P). EV chargers are City-operated only; on-street and underground parking are not included.

Traffic volume

The City's latest turning-movement count — 14-hour, May 5, 2026

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. The east leg carries the load — 3,646 westbound vehicles, or 48% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 420. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 710 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 766 from 3:30 p.m. Trucks and buses were 5.5% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west3,559eastbound · 8 bikes · 5.3% heavy
Total vehicles7,625368 pedestrians · 31 cyclists · 5.5% heavy
From the east3,646westbound · 22 bikes · 6.1% heavy
From the south420northbound · 1 bikes · 2.6% heavy
AM peak hour710 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour766 vehicles from 3:30 p.m.
Count14-hour · May 5, 2026

Approach figures are vehicles entering the intersection from that leg over the whole count. A count is one day's traffic, not an annual average; the City recounts on an ad-hoc schedule.

How fast traffic moves here

Midblock speed counts on the intersection's streets, the nearest school-zone speed sign, and traffic calming

The City's counter on Ellesmere Rd between Spall Crt and Calverley Trl (216 m away) recorded an average of 54 km/h in its 24-hour count in April 2012; 85% of drivers were at or under 63 km/h. That segment carries about 9,200 vehicles a day. The reading is 14 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Ellesmere Rd · Spall Crt – Calverley Trl · 216 mApr 2012 · 24 h9,23954 km/h63 km/h68 km/h

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; the 85th-percentile speed is the figure engineers use — 85% of drivers were at or below it. Counts are ad hoc, so some are years old. A midblock reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data.

All police-reported collisions

Every collision reported to Toronto Police within 65 m, any severity, 2016–2025

2021 was the peak year (2 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 20% of collisions here involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 20% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 10, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions5#4997 of 5,508
With an injury1#4238 of 4,660
Property damage only3
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
All since 20148latest Jun 10, 2026

Source: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data — every collision reported to police since 2014, within 65 m of this node. Records through Jun 30, 2026.

Killed or seriously injured

Collisions in which someone died or was seriously injured, within 65 m, 2016–2025 — the basis of the danger rankings

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.

KSI = killed or seriously injured. A collision is counted if its recorded location is within 65 m of this intersection's centreline node, whether the police coded it as intersection-related or mid-block. Records can lag a year or more, so the current year is excluded from rankings.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

Police records place no theft from a vehicle or bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025, though 1 has been reported since January 2026.

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Mar 24, 2026. Police offset every occurrence to the nearest intersection before publishing, so these are thefts on the streets and premises around this node, not necessarily at the corner itself. Other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see Highland Creek.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Ellesmere & Bobmar a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 5 lesser collisions. High counts usually track high traffic volume rather than a design flaw; volume is shown alongside so the numbers can be read in context.

How busy is Ellesmere & Bobmar?

A low-volume local intersection. It ranks #1868 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 47% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Ellesmere & Bobmar?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Ellesmere Rd between Spall Crt and Calverley Trl (April 2012), found an average of 54 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 63 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Ellesmere & Bobmar?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 206 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 22,020 spaces — 3 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Ellesmere & Bobmar by transit?

Bus routes 95, 154, 38, 12, 86, 938, 995, 905 and 1 more within 1 km (nearest stop: 3507 Ellesmere Rd, 55 m); Durham Region Transit routes 900 Pulse 900, N1 Route N1 at Ellesmere Eastbound @ Military Trail.

What restaurants are near Ellesmere & Bobmar?

None within 300 m, and 30 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Bao Mama (740 m), Bento Sushi (740 m), Chopsticks (740 m), Culinaria Research Centre (740 m) and Kelly's Frozen Treats (740 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Ellesmere & Bobmar?

Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 191 m away at Highland Creek Community Park. Washrooms in malls, coffee shops and TTC stations are not in those lists.

Is there child care near Ellesmere & Bobmar?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 278 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Morrish Jr YMCA (507 m, 69 spaces), Cardinal Leger Child Care Centre (Scarborough) (624 m, 102 spaces) and Nsheemaehn Child Care Centre (746 m, 52 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What neighbourhood is Ellesmere & Bobmar in?

Ellesmere & Bobmar is in Highland Creek (City of Toronto neighbourhood 134). It is in Ward 25, Scarborough-Rouge Park, represented by Councillor Neethan Shan.

Sources

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